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Don’t Expect a Quick Return for Myanmar’s Refugees

Ask refugees the world over what they want, and many will quickly reply they just wish to return home.
Of course, home is not meant as the burning, miserable place they fled violence and certain death. But rather, it's a period of time where they could live their lives in peace.

Stepping into Struggle: Hina Jilani on the Pull of Human Rights Work and How to Improve Global Refugee Policy

Hina Jilani, a lawyer for the Supreme Court of Pakistan, has made the promotion of human rights her life’s work. An internationally respected activist, Jilani founded Pakistan’s first all-women law firm, first legal aid centre and the country’s national Human Rights Commission.

How to Stop the Myanmar Crisis? We Can Learn from Kosovo

An ethnic minority targeted by its own country's military. Marauding troops burning villages and committing murder and rape. Large numbers of people forcibly displaced, fleeing in panic and leaving everything behind. Myanmar in October, 2017? Yes, but also Kosovo in March, 1999.

It’s time to fix the broken refugee system

Headlines about refugees tell intrinsic truths. Cumulatively they give us the essence of the story. And that essence is distressing. Consider this contemporaneous selection: "Europe turns its back on desperate migrants"; "Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean"; "Trump budget cuts refugee resettlement funding"; "Refugee processing has ground to a halt."

Bold Thinking for a New Refugee System

Former CBC and BBC Radio Host Mary Ambrose sits down for a conversation about the thinking behind the launch of the World Refugee Council with Lloyd Axworthy, chair of the Council and former Canadian Foreign Affairs minister.

Introduction

Bold and creative thinking is required to address the global refugee crisis. Established by the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the World Refugee Council convenes thought leaders and innovators from around the globe to dialogue, debate and reframe how the international community can best respond to this crisis.

Announcing the World Refugee Council

The World Refugee Council is an independent group of global leaders and innovators aimed at advancing new solutions to the global refugee crisis.